1) Deccan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sometimes defined as all India S of the Narmada River, it is in a more limited sense the plateau of central peninsular India, including approximately all Karnataka...
2) Chalukya. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Indian dynasties that ruled in the Deccan. They claimed descent from Pulakesin I (reigned 543-566), who established himself at Badami (in Bijapur). The Early Chalukyas...
3) Hindustan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ganges Plain of N India, between the Himalayas in the north and the Deccan plateau in the south. Used variably throughout Indian history-generally in contradistinction...
4) Solapur. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Maharashtra state, W central India, on the Deccan plateau. Once a fortress town, Solapur is now a district administrative center, a great textile-manufacturing city,...
5) Aurangzeb. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mughal emperor of India (1658-1707), son and successor of Shah Jahan. He served (1636-44, 1653-58) as viceroy of the Deccan but was constantly at odds with his father...
6) Godavari. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Western Ghats in Maharashtra state, W central India, and flowing SE across the Deccan Plateau to the Bay of Bengal. The Manjra and Indravati rivers are its chief...
7) Madhya Pradesh. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Deccan and the Ganges plain. The capital is Bhopal. One of the largest states in India, Madhya Pradesh consists, from north to south, of upland zones separated by...
8) Ghats. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal and forming two sides of the Deccan plateau. Anai Mudi (8,841 ft/2,695 m) is the highest peak in the two ranges, which are joined...
9) Jahangir. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mughal emperor of India (1605-27), son of Akbar. He continued his father's policy of expansion. The Rajput principality of Mewar (Udaipur) capitulated in 1614. In...
10) Kolhapur. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Maharashtra state, SW India. Largely agricultural, the region produces cotton and textiles. It also has large bauxite deposits. A center of the Marathas, Kolhapur...
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